Improved folding desk and seat



auf@ Wk AARON CHANDLER, 'or DAVE NPORT, i0WA,ANn SAMUEL F. EsTE'LL,

' 0F* RICHMOND, INDIANA.'

Laim Patent No. 87,025, .dated Fam/ry 16, i869.

IIMPROVED FOLDING- DESKAND SEAT.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making of tha Ilma.

To all whom it ma/y con/cem:

Be it known that we, AARON CHANDLER, of Daven# port, in the county ofScott, and State of Iowa, and SAMUEL F.'Es'1ELL, of Richmond, inthecountyof Wayne, and State of Indiana, have invented a new andimproved Combined Folding Desk and Seat for schoolpurposes; and we dohereby declare that the following iS .a fnlland exactdescriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a partof this specification. v V

The nature of our invention relates `to an improved inode ofconstructing a combined folding desk 'and seat for schoolpurposes,and inthe general construction land arrangement of parts to be hereinafterdescribed.

To enable vothers skilled in the art to make 'and use onrinvention, wewill proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings, inwhichi Figure `1 is a perspective view of our improved folding desk 'andseat;

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section ofthe same, representing the deskproper and seat, when revolved or folded together; and 1 l Figure 3 is apartial cross-section, showing the catch or fastening, by means of whichthe desk is secured when brought to its proper position.

Similar letters in the different figures refer 'to like parts. v l

The desk A is pivoted tothe braces D D', at h h', and is furthersupported by the spring-catch I, placed midway of its length.

The endpieces EE of oook-rack are of iron, cast with projecting pins tt, that are so adjusted as to slide in the vertical slots u u, providedin the standards s s.

The board J is rigidly attached tothe standards, and is designed to holdthe requisite ink-wells'. It also serves as an-extension of desk A.

G represents a board, secured by screws to the standards, and forming aback for the seat B.

The braces H H are pivoted to the standards, atb b', and are provided attheir upper extremities with pins e e, which are adjusted to slide inthe slotted bar 'L L,

as shown in figs. 1 and 2, of the seat B, thereby allowing the seat torevolve readily upon the pivots a: :15,the braces H H assuming, at thesame time, an uprightposition, as shown in iig22.

The spring-catch I is provided with a thumb-piece, n, ,rising above theboard J, and having an arm, o, which may be so turned as to come incontact 'with the seat-back'G, thus securing the catch from accidentaldisplacement.

By turning the thumb-piece, and releasing the catch, l the back part ofthedesk will drop down, the pins. t t

remaining in the slots uu, and the braces D D folding Withthe standards,until Vthe whole assumes the position shown in iig. 2.

Having thus fully described our said invention, What we claim, anddesire t'o secure by Letters Patent, is- Y The combination of the deskA, springfcatch I, brace D, standards s, with slots u, seat B, slotted*bar L, and brace E, arranged as described.

AARON CHANDLER. SAML F. ESTELL. Witnesses:

JOSEPH RIDGE, ARTEMAs Renners.

